Friday, February 1, 2013
Lorne Campbell will be moving from London to Newcastle to run the successful theatre company. Alan Sykes offers a welcomeNorthern Stage, the Newcastle-based theatre company, has apppointed a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, November 8, 2012
Sir Charles Trevelyan was one of the first aristocrats to ensure that his stately home would be enjoyed by the public inalienably. Alan Sykes reportsA new play takes its audience on a promen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Beware actors! The remarkable old building still has 'kicking boards' to help audiences stamp if they are fed up or bored. Alan Sykes looks roundThe Heritage Lottery Fund has given the Georg…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:27AM[SHARE]Monday, September 17, 2012
A new theatrical production aims to dispel the 'grim up north' stereotypes - and the public is invited to contribute. Alan Sykes is first in the queueA group of writers and artists from acro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:10PM[SHARE]Monday, July 30, 2012
Keswick's theatre keeps Dickens' bicentenary celebrations going with flair. Alan Sykes takes a seatThe Theatre by the Lake's contribution to the celebrations of the bicentenary of Dickens' b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AM[SHARE]Monday, June 11, 2012
Keswick's theatre director used to be a gravedigger. His latest offering has the stamp of experience, suggests Alan SykesMyra Bradley has bone cancer and will be dead quite soon. She ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 28, 2012
Every trick used in men's violence towards women is deployed in an uncomfortable but compelling version of the Ibsen classic. Alan Sykes reportsThe intimacy of the studio at Keswick's Theatr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:22AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 9, 2012
Strong stuff at the Theatre by the Lake, whose annual audience has risen from 20,000 to 130,000 over the last decadeKnives in Hens was the Scottish playwright David Harrower's first play, wr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The turret venue hoicked Basil Bunting from obscurity as a newspaper sub, and impressed Allen Ginsberg with the quality of Geordie graffiti. Guardian Northerner arts man Alan Sykes knows muc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:53AM[SHARE]Monday, November 14, 2011
Northern Ballet and Phoenix Dance Theatre win the 2011 Best Arts Project prize for their sparkling new joint HQ in LeedsNorthern Ballet and Phoenix Dance Theatre have won the National Lotter…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:26AM[SHARE]Friday, September 9, 2011
The Guardian Northerner's arts specialist Alan Sykes hails a grand old Newcastle wonder - and a canny piece of gold-buying by those in charge of its restorationSitting at the top end of Newc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AM[SHARE]Friday, July 1, 2011
Dodgy celebrity, tabloid sting, going through the bins. Nothing changes (including the Lake District - where better to go, this sunny weekend). Northerner arts supremo Alan Sykes tells more.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:41AM[SHARE] 
